Meaning of aber | Babel Free

Definitions

a problem, an obstacle, a difficulty

neuter

Examples

“Det er et aber med det.”

There is a problem with it.

“– Nei, virkelig, har De ikke spist. Det var et aber: vi kunde jo ha stukket indom en restaurant”

- No, really, you have not eaten. It was a difficulty: we could have stopped by a restaurant

“det er bare den aber at staten eier den”

it is only the catch that the state owns it

“[det] kunde være enkelte abere at notere”

[it] could be individual difficulties to note

“[hun hadde] været forlovet – riktignok bare ni uger – men det var dog et lidet aber”

[she had] been engaged - admittedly only nine weeks - but it was still a suffering difficulty

“det har vel sine aber det ogsaa”

it probably has its difficulties too

“det eneste som måtte være et aber er at når jeg biter kjevene sammen og knusper, kjenner jeg bare de bløte gommene gli mot hverandre”

the only thing that may be a difficulty is that when I bite my jaws together and crush, I only feel the soft palates slide against each other